Passed a memorial to people killed during the Spanish civil war, this was an important part of Helene’s life so of course we heard about it as children. Franco seized control of spain in a military coup followed by a bloody civil war, Hitler used it as an opportunity to test out his equipment in support of Franco. American leftests went to spain to support the spanish republic, most died, they were the heros of Helene’s youth, the Lincoln Brigade. The north of spain wasn’t a front so the deaths were mostly people killed by Franco for political reasons, Franco was the only fascist that survived WW2, democracy was not restored until the 70s. Last time I was in spain it was a fascist
country.
Here is me in my Pigrim garb. It was taken by a fellow pilgrim from luxemburg. I have a habit of asking questions that I have asked before, this drives Ellen crazy. In trying to avoid this with the “where are you from question” which is uniquitos as yoy meet people. I discovered that my recall time for these kinds of things is annoyingly slow. It takes me a long time to remember the answer to the question that I have already asked. I think this is the reason I repeat the question. I dont give myself time to access my hard drive for things that arent in core. This trip is a good time to practice because of the small set of questions asked.
check out the price on the wine.